Indoor Air Pollution, March 2002 : Energy and Health for the Poor

Switching entirely to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to meet household energy needs is one way of greatly lowering exposure to indoor air pollution, while simultaneously bringing additional benefits of time savings and convenience. Although there are a number of reasons why many households do not use LPG, the primary reason is that the poor cannot afford it. The Government of Andhra Pradesh has launched an innovative targeted subsidy programme, the Deepam scheme, to encourage the uptake of LPG among low-income households. This issue of the newsletter presents the results of an independent evaluation of the Deepam scheme carried out by the National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD) in Hyderabad.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2002-03
Subjects:	AIR POLLUTION, BIOMASS, CLEANER FUELS, COMMERCIAL FUELS, COOKING, DEREGULATION, DISTRICTS, DOMESTIC USE, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, ECONOMISTS, ENERGY NEEDS, ENERGY SECTOR, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FUEL CONSUMPTION, FUEL PRICE, FUEL SWITCHING, FUEL USE, FUELWOOD, GAS AGENCIES, GAS CONNECTION, GASEOUS FUELS, HEATING, HOMES, HOUSEHOLD ENERGY, HOUSEHOLD FUEL, HOUSEHOLD FUELS, HOUSEHOLDS, HOUSES, HOUSING, HOUSING CONDITIONS, INCOME, INCOME LEVELS, KEROSENE, LEISURE, LIGHTING, LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS, LPG, OIL, OIL COMPANIES, OIL COMPANY, PARTICULATE MATTER, PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM SECTOR, POLICY DECISIONS, POLLUTION LEVELS, POVERTY LINE, PRICE SUBSIDIES, PRIMARY ENERGY, PRIMARY ENERGY SOURCE, RURAL AREAS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SAFETY, SAVINGS, SELF-HELP, SMOKE, URBAN AREAS, VILLAGES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/03/3517066/indoor-air-polllution-energy-health-poor https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19887
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